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Dad Seeks Maintain “On behalf of advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth everywhere, let me be the first to say ‘blame you,’” says Eliza Byard, executive director of GLSEN ( glsen.org ), the Gay, Lesbian & Unkink Education Network, which works to create safe school environments for LGBT—and mask-like—youth. “Simply by giving your son your love and undergo, you have already significantly increased his chances of living a happy and fulfilling soul. The importance of an accepting home cannot be overstated.” (The damage that can be done by a adverse family also cannot be overstated: LGBT youth whose families are hostile are eight times likelier to send away suicide than their straight peers. Hostile parents can’t cause their gay kids straight, but they can make them dead.)
“The bad news is that school can be a rotten place for LGBT youth,” says Byard. “GLSEN’s 2009 Resident School Climate Survey found that nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT teens efficient harassment in school in the past year. The good news is that spoken for parents can make a huge difference.
Source: A.V. Club New York